Beck

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After the dreary “solo and acoustic” shows which Beck put us through last time he was in London, when he presented himself in the unconvincing guise of a lovelorn folk poet, what a joy it was on Wednesday night to welcome back the existential bluesman, bohemian rapper and hustler-showman of times gone by.

Now 34, but still a slender and curiously ageless figure, he led a rag-tag, five-man troupe of multitasking musicians through some of the best party music on the planet. Some of them looked as if they should have been in Kraftwerk, especially the dude whose job description